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   sur·round

   /səˈround/

   verb

   • 1. be all around (someone or something): "the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens"
   • ▪ (of troops, police, etc.) encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape: "troops surrounded the parliament building"
   • ▪ be associated with: "the killings were surrounded by controversy"

   noun

   • 1. a thing that forms a border or edging around an object: "an oak fireplace surround"
   • ▪ the area encircling something; surroundings: "the beautiful surrounds of Moosehead Lake"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow’): from Old French souronder, from late Latin superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’); later associated with round. Current senses of the noun date from the late 19th century.

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   Synonyms for SURROUNDED: encircled, circled, encompassed, ringed, embraced, enclosed, inclosed, besieged, wreathed, girdled.

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   Synonyms for SURROUND: encircle, encompass, circle, embrace, ring, enclose, inclose, besiege, wall, gird.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of surrounded in English. surrounded. adjective. These are words and phrases related to surrounded. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. BOUNDED. Synonyms. bounded. limited. enclosed. circumscribed. compassed. encompassed. encircled. fenced. belted. rimmed. bordered. girdled. hedged. restricted. ringed.

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   adjectives. encircle. enclose. encase. suggest new. Another way to say Surround? Synonyms for Surround (other words and phrases for Surround).

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    Synonyms for SURROUNDED: encircled, girdled, encompassed, hemmed-in, fenced-in, hedged in, circled about, girded, enclosed, fenced about; Antonyms for SURROUNDED: free, unfenced, agape, released, deserted, freed, abandoned.